I had no idea that I was such an early adopter of LinkedIn. Talk about being the first to venture across a desert …
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Netflix To Produce Original Programming
I’m very encouraged by the latest Netflix news. In short, Neflix is going to start providing exclusive original programming, starting with “House of Cards”, starring Kevin Spacey (good actor!). I think this is a great move for the content industry — it puts Netflix squarely in the same place that HBO, Showtime and other premium networks are in without the burden of actually having to deal with the cable companies. If this goes well, look for further disintermediation of the cable companies — HBO and Showtime will want to sell their programming directly over the Internet as well. This will help commoditize the cable operators, which is why it was so important that Comcast move out of that business by buying NBC. We’re watching the transformation of these industries and it’s pretty exciting.
Home Stand Up Desk
I just read this blog post about stand-up and walking desks and realized that I hadn’t posted a picture of my home stand-up desk. I needed something less complicated at home so I purchased a bit of Ikea furniture to raise the monitors and used the original desk shelf to raise the keyboard. Worked like a charm.
This is by far the best piece of postal mail I’ve received in a long time. The letter has a Tanzanian stamp with a Dar Es Salaam postmark. And apparently it also has Charles Taylor’s trust and confidence in me.